Oak Park Village Board Votes Unanimously in Favor of Sanctuary City Ordinance

WGN- A large crowd packed a village board meeting in Oak Park, a village adjacent to the West Side of Chicago, on Feb. 6, 2017 as the board considered a “Welcoming Ordinance.” The village voted unanimously to pass the ordinance. Supporters of the ordinance say it is to protect the community's undocumented immigrants. It would ban Oak Park officials, including police, from collaborating with federal immigration officials to identify and apprehend undocumented citizens in Oak Park without a court ordered criminal warrant.